With
their final pick on day two of the 2017 MLB Draft the Yankees selected RHP Chad
Whitmer out of Southern Illinois University. Whitmer was the ninth pitcher and
eighth RHP to be selected out of the first ten players drafted by the team. Whitmer
is from South Bend, Indiana and attended Penn High School. He is 6’3” and
weighs 180 pounds.

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Whitmer
was used primarily as a starter in his senior season for Southern Illinois. He
went 6-3 with a 3.46 ERA and 95 strikeouts. He had a career 3.70 ERA at the
collegiate level. Whitmer profiles as a reliever with elite control as he only
allowed 2.2 BB/9 over 104 innings last season. Whitmer won MVC player of the
week twice and earned second-team All-MVC for the 2017 season.

Whitmer
will save the Yankees money as the senior pitcher will likely be easy to sign,
and the Yankees will have the leverage in negotiations. The Yankees had their
sights set on pitching throughout the course of the first ten rounds of the
2017 Draft and succeeded. Rounds 11-40 start tomorrow and the BBB will inform
everyone on any notable picks.

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